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Georges Woke Up Laughing

Paperback • 2001 • English

Georges Woke Up Laughing

By Nina Glick Schiller

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About the book

Combining history, autobiography, and ethnography, Georges Woke Up Laughing provides a portrait of the Haitian experience of migration to the United States that illuminates the phenomenon of long-distance nationalism, the voicelessness of certain citizens, and the impotency of government in an increasingly globalized world. By presenting lively ruminations on his life as a Haitian immigrant, Georges Eugene Fouron-along with Nina Glick Schiller, whose own family history stems from Poland and Russ...Show more

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ISBN

9780822327912

Publisher

Duke University Press

Published year

2001

Language

English

Original title

Georges Woke Up Laughing

Format

Paperback

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